See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan)  , a word now generally confined to a raised See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat structure or See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage, temporary or permanent, erected in a See also:

• BUILDING

building or in the open See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air, from which speeches, addresses, lectures, &c., can be delivered at a public cr other See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting . Similar structures of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick or See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, are used in railway stations at such a level above the rails as to enable passengers to have easy See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to the carriages; and in fortification the word is used of the raised level See also:

• SURFACE

surface on which guns are mounted . The earlier uses of the word, such as for a See also:

• PLANE

plane geometrical figure, the ground See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of a building, and figuratively, for a plan, See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design, See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme, &c., are now obsolete .